Earlier today, Wigan's home match against Aston Villa was postponed due to a frozen pitch at the DW Stadium.

The undersoil heating system failed on Friday and engineers were unable to repair it.

Referee Stuart Atwell inspected the pitch at 8.30am and decided the heavy overnight frost had left the surface unplayable.

The area around the stadium was cleared and passed fit for spectator access on Thursday.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez said: "We are devastated because the club has worked so hard in these freak weather conditions to make the area surrounding the stadium safe.

"The pitch has never been the problem, until now.

"I have to congratulate our safety team at the stadium who have worked tirelessly to try and clear the area of ice and snow over the past few days. Our ground staff have also spent several nights at the stadium making the sure the pitch remained playable."